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Nitrogen compounds are often used as fertilizers to increase plant growth. Sometimes there is much more nitrogen than plants need. What happens to most of this excess nitrogen?

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It comes back to the earth and the atmosphere, and it would harm the health forests, waterways, and soils.



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